Unplace

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Lack or absence of place; placelessness; displacement.

    "More fundamental even than the paradox of dying to live is the paradox of being enclosed in a narrow place to gain access to the limitless unplace which is Heaven: my cell is so narrow,' you may say, but oh, how wide is the sky!"

Verb
  1. 1
    To remove from one's place; displace. transitive

Example

More examples

"More fundamental even than the paradox of dying to live is the paradox of being enclosed in a narrow place to gain access to the limitless unplace which is Heaven: my cell is so narrow,' you may say, but oh, how wide is the sky!"

Etymology

From un- + place.

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